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cold blood by an officer named Great
house, and Logan, who had always been
a noted friend to the whites, refused to
forgive or forget the crime. He was will
ing that the war should end, for he had
taken his revenge, but he would not make
friends.
Pressed by repeated messages to attend
the conference, he finally sent the reply,
which was preserved by Jefferson
in his “Notes on Virginia,” and
which so many thousands of Ameri
can school boys have spoken. "Logan s
Bpeesh” created a deep impression even
tn the rude camp where backwoodsmen,
with guns in their hands, first heard it.
and It excites mournful interest yet. ( ap
taln Cresap was not. however. guiltj o
that particular massacre, but of another,
a few days previous.
CHAPTER VIII.
From the time of his marriage until he
became an active member of congress,
Mr. Jefferson spent most of his time at
Monticello. Public business and law prac
tice caused him to be absent frequently,
but still the better parts of the years
were passd amid the delightful scent s <
home, where children came to complete
the domestic happiness.
Eagerly as an artist at work on a model
Mr. Jefferson continued to rear his ma -
*Lnce the old Countess of Bl ' reW9b '’ r f;
“Boss of Hardwick," who b ; lle ' e< ’
•he would die when she quit building.
Jefferson never ceased to make al e■ < -
tlons improvements In house or gr "
M long as he could lay bls hands on
ready cash. .
And next to designing houses for himself
he delighted In designing them for oth
ers. Public buildings, private buildings.
In country and In town, residential, de
votional. educational—no matter what
sort was wanted—Jefferson's heart glow
ed with pleasure when he was asked to
furnish the plan.
We see him In the dawn of his brilliant
youth laying the foundation and rearing
the walls of Monticello; In his tranquil
old age, when he can no longer walk and
ride, we shall see him, telescope In hand,
watching from his mountain observatory
the execution of his last great undertak
ing—his noble monument—the University
of Virginia-
After all, the Instinct of the architect
being that of the artist who paints pic
tures, no dwelling is lovely without an en
vironment which charms. There must be
harmony, or the picture is a daub.
True to this principle, Mr. Jefferson
moulded nature to correspond with the
house—the house to accord with nature.
The grove, the lawn, the terrace, the
gardens, the walk, the drive—he thought
of all, and himself directed every touch
which transformed rugged, unkempt sur
roundings into cultivated beauty. He
loved to work too well to leave It to oth
ers It was his passion to Impress his
thought, his preference upon everything
around him. Where to plant the orchard
and how; what trees to set out and
where; what spot to level for flowers
and which for vegetables; how many
vines, shrubs, roots, bulbs, seeds, nuts
and what sorts; when the planting should
be done and In what way; where the ter
race wall should run and where the car
riage turn; In each respect and all the
originator, the supervisor, the final arbi
ter was Jefferson himself. He teaches his
negroes how to burn brick, forge nails,
frame a house, set a window or a door,
run a stair, lay a floor, raise a dome. He
employs Italian gardeners and then bosses
the gardening himself. He keeps tan
CTerseer, and then directs bow each field
shall be managed, will not allow lazy
slaves to be pushed, and singles out the
Individual pig for the slaughter. He
names his hogs, as ha does his horses;
and his overseer affirms that he knows
the name of each of these hogs, and that
whan one of them is to be killed, It Is
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the master who designates by name the
unfortunate pig.
Not only does he have Italian garden
ers, as he will afterwards have a French
cook, but he takes lessons from an Ital
ian music master. Martha Wayles (who
is now Mrs. Jefferson) was taught to play
upon the harpsichord by Alberte; the same
teacher now guides Mr. Jefferson In his
struggles with the violin. When absent
from home he carries as part of his lug
gage a small fiddle (called a kit) and
early eyery morning when the others
In the house are asleep he begins to prac
tice, keeping ft up until breakfast Is
ready. For three hours each day, for
many years, the persistent Jefferson has
been laboring to express In sound the
music that was in hfs soul. As to his
success in having done so accounts vary.
His stylo of music, like his taste In cook
ery and house-building, differed radi
cally from the standards approved In the
backwoods. Country people who dearly
love a ''breakdown" do not understand
why anybody should play a hymn tune
on a fiddle. Such people would sit up all
night to hear the catgut ring with "Ar
kansas Traveler," "Mississippi Sawyer,"
"Cotton-Eyed Joe," "Soap-suds Agin the
Fence.” "Billy In the Low-grounds,”
Devil’s Dream" and "Durang's Horn
pipe.” They would go to sleep under the
strains of "Cavalllero Rustlcana."
When the renowned violinist, Ole Bull,
gave a concert in Washington it Is said
that in the midst of one of his most ex
quisite renditions, when the audience was
listening with that intense hush which Is
the highest tribute, a harsh voice clanged
through the hall, shouting:
"None of your high falutln’ atuff! Give
us the Arkansas Traveler!”
The disturber nas General Felix Grun
dy McConnell, a congressman from a
southern state.
There was an animated struggle, for
the general and congressman was stal
wart as well as obstructive and heliger
ent—but in the end they managed to put
him out of the house.
To such a man as he, the musical per
formances of Thoma® Jefferaon may have
seemed quite tame. The fiddlers who
pleased country people wore those who
played by car; Mr. Jefferson played by
note. The tunes which delighted Ihe
rural citizen were quick, short, full °f
life. Impelling to the dance—lnspiring
catches which made the light leap into
the eyes of the young, while the feet
of agv softly patted the floor, keeping
time —merry music of the people, bub
bling over with frolic and fun, and bring
ing to the lips instinctively the old ball
room caJl of "Honor your partners!”
Sweet, sweet are the memories which
cling to these old tunes! We danced, then
•when we were young, our fathers, our
grandfathers, our great-grandfathers
danced then when they were young.
Fair women, bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked,
light-footed go in and out, round and
round In the dance, radiantly lovely, in
nocently joyous, as far back as eye of
recollection can sweep. And as the fiddle
talks—as the old, old tune rings to the
rafter, as the pat of the foot sounds on
the floor—it Is not only the boy and the
girl of tonight we see as they go dancing
far toward the morning, but we see also
as in a haze the shadowy forms which
come trooping out of the past, the van
ished lovers and the vanished maidens of
the enchanted realm of "Old Tinies."
To country people whose education in
music had never gone beyond the sim
ple tastes of nature, it Is quite probable
that Thomas Jefferson s preference for
long drawn Psalm tunes or operatic airs,
may have Inspired the same disgust as
did the French cook -whose presence In
Virginia aroused Patrick Henrv to ac
cuse Jefferson of having "abjured his
native victuals.”
Fhe time not having come for the feud,
between these two, Patrick Henry and
Thomas Jefferson often played violin
duets together; and another brother fid
dler of whom Jefferson was fond of
playing with was John Randolph, son of
Sir John, the father of Edmund.
This particular John Randolph was a
man of elegant person, manners, and ac
complishments. Withal lie was one of
the best lawyers in Virginia; holding the
post of attorney general under Lord Dun
more.
And Jefferson coveted Randolph's flddla.
yearned eagerly therefor, and entered
into a queer contract by the terms of
which he was to have the fiddle for three
hundred dollars If he outlived Randolph,
As a consideration, moving to Randolph,
he was to have books of Jefferson to the
value of four thousand dollars, in case he
outlived Jefferson.
With great formality Jefferson had this
agreement put into legal shape; attested
by George Wythe, Patrick Henry and
five othefs. proven before the clerk of
the court, and spread upon the records.
And now the beginning of a new era
was at hand. Old things were passing
away.
The easy-going times of peace, social
repose, and political quiet would be seen
no more.
Ties of family and of friendship were
being broken. Old Lord Fairfax, tie self
exiled hermit of the stone lodge in the
wilderness of Virginia, the British peer,
whose favor gave Washington his first
lift to fortune, will grieve over his young
friend who seems to be going astray; will
soon be saying to his faithful slave. ' Put
me to bed; It Is time for me to die."
John Randolph feels that loyalty to his
king requires him to follow Dunmore In
bls flight. His own son Is cut off from
him; for Edmund is a fire-eating rebel
who wjjl seek service with Washington.
But in the sadness and the haste of his
going. Randolph does not forget Jeffer
son. Money, ready money, will do the
I exile more good PJA that the violin. Per
haps he will not fq£j like playing jt again
I in the England to which be goes.
| So Jefferson gets the fiddle now— gets It
! for less than $65. and his heart is made
I exceedingly glad.
As for Randolph, stanch friend, loyal
subject, superb lawyer, splendid gentle
man, he says good by forever to his only
son on the desolate seashore and goes his
i way to London, penniless, ruined.
j Upon a wretched pittance from the
] British treasury he llyep in poverty at
■ Brampton, a broken man.
IJis daughter, Arlana, had been about to
I marry the English aristocrat. Captain
■ Parker, afterwards Admiral Sir Hyde
Parker, whose signal to cease firing at
Copenhagen Nelson refused to see.
This match Is now broken off. and Arl
ana weds an old sweetheart, James
Wormely, at Dunmores place in Scot
land.
Broken-hearted, wandering from
Brampton to Jhunmore's In Scotland,
where his kinsman, the earl, gives him a
welcome which makes pne soften to Dun
more, eating the bread of poverty and
dependence, proud John Randolph did not
live long; died in 1784, begging at the last
that his body might ba carried back ft)
his beloved Virginia,
On the first ship that came across .after
the peace, the body was brought, ami
the exile reeled at length in the college
chapel at Williamsburg, beside his broth
er tjjid Jiis father.
Generous souls will not fall to admire
the devotion of such a royalist!
Mr. Jefferson’s establishment at Monti
cello was now very large. There were
eighty-three slaves and thirty-four white
people. Included in this latter number
were the Widow and children of Dabney
Carr. Mr, Jefferson had po sooner burled
his friend on the spot they had chosen
than he brought the bereaved tgmlly to
THE WEEKLY ATLANTA, GL, MONDAY JULY 13, 1903.
Monticello, wi-sre bis house became their
homo
The old mother yet Ilves st Shadwell,
and with her Jefferson's younger brother,
Randolph.
Serenely happy Is the master of Monti
cello in these quiet years before the war.
He makes and he spends, labors where
work Is no toll, loves and is loved, Is in
perfect health of body and of mind and
to him the world Is bathed in sunlight.
Little Martha, the first born, begins to
toddle about the house.
Husband, father, master, neighbor—he
Is kind to everybody. He loves to see
bright faces about him. He loves tp give
pleasure to others. He would no sooner
hurt the feelings of any mortal, wilfully,
than he would steal.
Never fretting. scolding, worrying;
never clouding the sunniness of today by
forebodings ,%”out tomorrow; never sour
ing the mflk of human kindness by scowls,
sarcasms, reproach, wrangles, or malic
ious gossip, ho drejv on the bank of the
Present for every legitimate pleasure that
stood to his credit. He belleyed that the
surest way to happiness was the making
of others happy. Ti~»is gospel he preached
and practiced. SerensJy confident and
contented, he hums softly as ho paces
about his mountain home, measuring
everything with a tape line, weighing
everything with steelyards, probing
everything with questions, calculating
everything with pen or pencil, seeing to
everything with his own eyes; and then,
at night, or at some odd hour during the
day, jotting it down upon those faithful
books.
A variedly industrious, widely intelli
gent, eminently companionable, nobly as
piring, warm-hearted, benevolent, bright
tempered man.
Just the kind of man a stranger would
apply to, a beggar hunt up. a cynic shun,
a bigot hate, a sharper pursue, a scholar
delight in, a patriot trust, a neighbor love
and Impose on, a shyster outwit, visitors
make a convenience of, overseers bank
rupt, philosophers esteem, fellow-states
men respect, enemies ridicule as often ns
they hated; friends blindly follow, sin
cerely respect and good-naturedly joke at;
children adore; and a pure, high-minded
wife worship with boundless affection.
Mixed sunlight and shadow was In this
character as in all others, flaws, foibles,
follies—the gold not wholly free and pure,
but as nearly deserving of unmixed affec
tion and admiration as any son of Adam
whose, hands were ever given from youth
to age to the molding of better laws, bet
ter Institutions, better conditions for the
human race.
CHAPTER IX.
The stamp act congress of 1765, called
at the Instance of Massachusetts, had
taken a conservative position. In the
Declaration of Rights then Issued, the
colonies merely claimed local self-govern
ment,' 1 and self-taxation, together with
trial by jury in the colonial courts.
In the congress which met at Phila
delphia September 5. 1774, the petition to
the king for redress of grievances was
couched as In 1765, In the. language of
loyal subjects; and the Declara
tion of Rlgh's made no marked
advance over that of 1765, so
far as assertion of principles was
concerned. They tightened the bands of
the boycott against '.he mother country
organized to enforce this boycott; and
resolved to ostracise, all such American
citizens as continued to deal with Great
Britain, in fact, the attitude taken by
Washington, Lee. Henry, Adams, Sher
man. Jay, Dickenson and Rutledge was
substantially that of a labor union of
the present day during a struggle with a
capitalistic trust. Those Americans who
would not join the association ami boycott
Great Britain were "enemies to the liber
ties of their couutr;.and were tlmni
selves to be boycotted. These recreants
to the common cause were "scabs,” for
whom Washington, Adams, Lee, Jay and
Sherman had no respect, had only angry
scorn ami bitter animosity. Times change,
but human nature simply goes round and
round.
The absence of Mr. Jefferson from the
Virginia convention of 1774 was no doubt
the reason why he was not chosen by
that body as one of the delegates to the
first centennial congress. In January, 1775,
he was elected by the citizens of Albe
marle as a member of their committee of
safety; and in March, 1775, he served as
th< ir delegate to the second convention,
which met In Richmond.
Jt was in this convention that Patrick
Henry made the speech so familiar to all,
the burden of which was "We must
light!" It was upon his motion that a
committee was named to prepare Vir
ginia for the coming conflict.
With George Washington acting as
chief of a revolutionary committee
charged with the duty of "embodying,
arming, and disciplining" rebels. Lord
Dunmore ■thought it high time to put the
king’s powder where his subjects could
not, lay rebellious hands upon It. On the
night, of April 2b, 1775. ho caused a squad
of marines from a British war vessel in
James river to come to Williamsburg,
seize the powder, and cart it away to the
ship. As soon as this fact became known,
the patriots assembled In arms. At Fred
ericksburg the rebels were persuaded by
Randolph and Pendleton to disperse; at
Charlottesville they did not act because
Washington failed to come at their call.
But in Hanover county, Patrick Henry
put himself at the head of the volunteers,
and straightway began the armed march
of thousands to Williamsburg. Dunmore
fired off that habitual weapon of admin
istrative warfare-a proclamation. His
family fled to the shelter of a British
i ship. Marines were landed to protect the
i royal authorities.
But Patrick Henry, deaf to all timid
counsels of “the conservative element,”
came marching on. Dunmore's nerve
failed him; and when the rebels had
come to Dorcastle, 16 miles off, he sent
a messenger offering pay for the pow
der. In his haste he sent a larger sum
than the powder was worth, and Henry,
not aware that British marines had been
landed and threats made to fire upon the
town, drew off and disbanded his men.
And as he wended his way homeward,
the most popular now of all Virginians,
Dunmore fired at him again—with another
proclamation.
In June, 1775, Lord Dunmore convened
tlie burgesses to take Into consideration
Lord North’s conciliatory proposition.
Many of the members came to this ses
sion wearing their hunting shirts, and
bringing their rifles.
Peyton Randolph, who was president of
the continental congress, was now called
home to preside over the burgesses, and
j Mr. Jefferson went to Philadelphia, to
succeed him—the Richmond convention
having foreseen this vacancy, and having
elected Mr. Jefferson to fill it. Before
his departure from the Virginia assem
bly, however, ho had been asked to pre
pare a reply to Lord North’s proposition,
and had done so. With slight changes,
I his paper was adopted by the house.
I This "conciliatory proposition" was, In
substance, that parliament, would ex
| empt from Imperial taxation any colony
i which would voluntarily make such con
■ trlbution to the common defense of the
empire, and establish such fixed pro
vision for the support of its own civil
government as parliament should ap
prove The objections to his proposal
a,COLIC
were obvious. It sought to deal with the
colonies separately; it left grievances un
redressed; and It quieted' nobody's fears
about being transported to England for
trial.
The unbiased reader Is inclined to be
lieve that Great Britain would have found
it next to impossible to conciliate her
colonies at this time, by any proposition
which did not concede the fullest
measure of local self-government.
The thought of being ruled by masters
beyond seas had grown hateful, and
while vast differences of opinion existed
as to ways and means, policy and man
agement, the people were substantially
united in their determination to make
their own laws and administer their own
affairs.
Professor Channing, who professes and
writes history at Harvard university,
ptates that Jefferson succeeded Washing
ton In the Virginia delegation to con
gress. This Is one of the learned pro
feasor's numerous errors In that “Stud
ent's” history of his. At the time that
the Richmond convention elected Mr. Jef
ferson to congress Washington had not
been appointed commander in chief, and
the Virginians could not possibly have
foreseen that there would be such a
vacancy in their delegation. What they
did foresee was that Peyton Randolph
might bo called home from congress to
■preside over the Virginia legislature, and
Thomas Jefferson was elected to take
Randolph's place In congress, should that
vacancy occur. Randolph was called
home, Jefferson went forward to take his
place In congress.
Mr. Jefferson's reputation at the time
he entered the congress In 1775 was al
ready established throughout the colonies.
By those who had kept posted on pass
ing events, he w>s known as a ripe
scholar, an advanced thinker, an ag
gressive patriot, and a forceful, ready
writer of political papers.
On the day that Jefferson took his seat
in congress the news of Bunker Hill
camo ringing through the land, thrilling
every patriot soul. Five days afterwards
he was placed upon the committee which
had In hand the preparation of an ad
dress setting forth the American side of
the controversy with their king, the
reasons why the colonies were in arms.
John Rutledge of South Carolina, had
drawn up a statement which the com
mittee did not like.
Mr. Jefferson was now asked to try
his pen. Ready as ever, the flowing
sentences filled page after page and the
address was submitted. Again the com
mittee was not phased; the language of
Mr. Jefferson was too strong. Mr. Dick
inson, of Pennsylvania, was the chief
objector, and it was now his turn to at
tempt to set forth the reason why his
majesty's faithful subjects were shoot
ing his majesty's soldiers, and blockad
ing his majesty’s forces In Boston.
His mild, prudent paper was adopted.
Mr. Jefferson, however, drew up the
reply which congress made to Lord
North’s conciliatory proposition.
It was in the committee room that Mr.
Jefferson was the most effective. Here
he felt no embarrassment, and was at
his best. His Information was so great,
his thoughts so bold and clear, his read
iness to take hold of the laboring oar
so frank and earnest that he made a
tine Impression upon all of his col
leagues.
His temper was conciliatory. lie
steered clear of personal feuds. His sol t
answers turned a* ay wrath. His read
iness to submit o correction disarmed
malice. He made no parade of his learn
ing. He did not sulk In his tent be
cause his own papers were east aside
and his own plans condemned. Even
John Adams loved him. And between
Jefferson and Samuel Adams, true dem
ocrats both, the relations were so cor
dial. based mon such harmony of con
viction that t. -re never was a rupture
between tb-m
In Ma". U 75. George Washington, on
his way to < ongress, met the Rev. Jona
than Boucher in the middle of the Po
tomac. Wh'lo their boats paused, the
clergyman warned his friend that, the
path on which he was entering might
icad to "a separation from England.”
Washington s answer to the preacher
was In temper and substance: "Is thy
servant a dog that he should do this
thing?"
John Jay is quoted as having solemnly
declared that prior to that second peti
tion of the congress of 1775 he had never
heard of anybody mentioning such a
word as independence, contemplating
such a thins; as separation from Great
Britain.
Yet the truth is that In 1775 there was,
and had long been, a party in the colo
nies which was a-weary of British inso
lence. British greed and British encroach
ments.
Southern planters were tired of being
robbed by English tariffs and English
factors. Northern merchants were tired
of navigation acts wi)ich drove all their
goods, ships and profits to London and
Liverpool. The manner In which Great
Britain had Interfered to destroy the
local currency of Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts was resented; the arro
gant tone of superiority in which tory
leaders in parliament had spoken of the
colonies Individually and collectively was
resented; the plain purpose which Eng
land showed of reducing the Americans
to submission and taxing them at will
was resented. And when she struck at
Rhode Island with high commissi
backed by admirals and generals: when
she threatened to take away trial by
jury and deport prisoners to England;
when she threw the penalty of death
aronn-d brass buttons, tar buckets, rope
ends and water barrels belonging to her
monos war. she aroused bitter enmity
In the breast of every American whig
who could read or th’nk or fool.
When she garrisoned Boston with red
coats, when 'ho struck at the Massachu
setts charter, when she stretched the
boundary lire of Canada hundreds of
miles southward. when she closed the
Boston port and began to wreak ven
geance upon a thousand Innocent In order
to punish nr” culprit, every colony was
alarmed. Indgnant, resentful, swept Into
the current if a common cause.
All this was prior to May, 1775.
No talk o’ independence until after
that second oetition of the second con-
I gress? Noboiy dreaming of separation
I then?
Had not The Boston Gazette been ad-
■ vocatlng seprration for several years?
; Had not Samuel Adams been talking It
! all over the town?
I On October 11. 1775, this bold democrat
j discussed In The Gazette the plan of "an
1 Independent state." an "American com
| mon wealth” is a suggestion that had
■ often been made.
I He did not even claim that ho was
the originator of the Idea. He spoke of it
as common property, something which
bad been often mentioned and frequently
discussed.
The Reverend John Wesley declared
that so far back as 1737 the leading peo
ple of the colonies were crvlng out for
Independence: and in another English
namphlet the statement was made that
the author hail been personally acquaint
ed with the colonies for forty ''ears and
independence had been the talk all the
time. When the mother country was
toasted, as patriots lifted glasses to drink
the honrtv sentiment was, "Damn the
oh l bitch!”
Yet Renlamfn Franklin sat down before
Lord Chatham, looked that eagle-beaked
Englishman In the eye and told him that
nohodv In America drunk or sober, bad
eve- hinted at such a thing as Inde
pendence.
On the uich’ of the sth of June some
young mon entering the old magazines tn
seize arms. w»r» wounded by a spring
m.m planted there The rage which this
Incident eyottrl filled the streets w 11h
a crowd wb’ct was loud in its threats
and curses. Dunmore find In the night tn
a British man if war nt Ynrktnwn. That
w.ns the Inst of the governor of Williams
burg. Honocfo’th between him and the
pennie of Vlrgnla there was tn be war.
The assemble adlnprned after having
ontied a meetiig of the convention for
•J i’’'-.
Standing on the porch of the old c.npl
toi. Rtoh-rd H<nry Lee wrote on one of
the pillars:
"When shall vS three meet again?
Tn thunder Hchtning and In rain?
When the hurl'-burly’s done.
When the battft’s lost and won."
TWENTY-FOUR KILLED
INJWRECK.
Trains Met with an Awful Crash and
the Victims Were Literally Torn
to Pieces —Most of the Vic
tims Were in the
» Smoker.
Charlottesville, Va., July 7.—Southern
railway passenger train No. 35, south
bound, ran Into an open switch at Rock
fish depot, 20 miles south of this city, at 3
o’clock this afternoon, smashing into a
local freight on a siding. The passenger
engine and express coaches were demol
ished and the baggage coach telescoped
through the second-class passenger car
in the rear. In the latter was a party of
immigrants, all of whom were killed or
injured.
The dead number twenty-four and the
Injured number thirteen. Traffic was
suspended for eight hours.
The Dead.
The dead that have been Identified are:
ENGINEER JAMES McCORMICK, of
Charlottesville.
ENGINEER CHARLES DAVIS, of
Alexandria, Va.
THOMAS SHEPFARD, of Charlottes
ville; brakeman on freight.
CHARLES T. GAY, of Charlottesville,
fireman on freight.
J. E. LOWE, colored, of Baltimore.
CHARLES T. LEITCH, colored, dining
car waiter.
C. O. OWEN, Philadelphia, boiler in
spector.
ADAM VICOSAVLIEVICH, Austrian
boy.
BARILANI GUGELMO, Austrian wom
an.
Two UNKNOWN AUSTRIAN WOMEN.
UNKNOWN MULATTO WOMAN.
The Injured.
The injured are:
Engineer Hale, of Charlottesville. In
juries to spine, serious.
H. A. Sharpe, of Knoxville. Tenn.; head
and legs bruised and back hurt.
Turner A. Henry, of Bentonville. Va..
injuries to legs, head and shoulders.
Walter Jackson, colored, of Charlottes
ville, passenger fireman, legs broken.
Four Austrians, all painfully, but not
seriously Injured.
T. G. Hudson, colored, Chattanooga.
Tenn., serious wounds on head
T. E Mercer, colored. Washington, arms
and legs cut and probably Injured inter
nally.
J B. Sterett, colored, Pullman porter, of
New Yqrk, hands, arms and face cut.
J, W. Payne, of Alexandria, baggage
■ master. Internal injuries.
Rescuing the Injured.
The work of rescuing the injured began
immediately Dr. William A. Lamb**th,
of the Univ, rsity of Virginia, was on the
train, and at once organized measures of
relief. The trainmen, under the doctor's
direction, cut through the panejs of the
baggage car jind express car and took out
twenty of the deajL Probably a score of
■ injured were removed.
W. A. Ward, the Union News agent on
■ the train, whose home is in Washington,
was in the fatal coach, but escaped. The
■ shock of the collision tlircyv him thri’Jgh
, tlie window.. 1»< .iki.'g bls left arm The
■ special train which went from iwe to
the scene Os the wreck returned ip the
city about 8 o'clock, bringing some of the
dead and most of the wounded. Thirteen
of the injured were taken to the univer
sity hosailal. where thej.;- wounds were
dressed. Most of the ipunjgrnnts were
Austrians and were bound for poii.ts is
■ far distant as California.
Sharpe’s Narrow Escape.
H. A. Siiarpe, of Knoxville. Tenn., nar
rowly qseaped death. He and Mrs. Sharpe
were returning from their bridal trip,
having spent their honeymoon In Wash
ington. Mr. Sharpe was In the smoker
engaged in conversation with C. O. Owen
when the collision occurred. Owen was
killed instantly, his body falling on
Sharpe.
W. B. Brubeek. of this city, conductor
of the local freight, is reported In a criti
cal condition. After witnessing the awful
sight, he is said to have become suddenly
insane and when found was 5 miles from
the wreck.
Driven Crazy by the Horror,
Charlottesville, Va., July B.—W. B. Bru
beck, conductor of the freight train which
was Struck by passenger train No. 35 on
the Southern railway at Rockfish, X a.,
I resulting in the death of twenty-four per-
I sons and the Injury of many others. Is in
sane from mental anguish.
The cause of the disaster has been offi
i dally reported at: Inattention to orders.
Freight Conductor W. B. Brubeek read
ing his orders to mean that the passenger
was one hour and twenty minutes late,
when it should have been twenty min
utes. He allowed the switch to remain
<'harlottesville, Va., July 8. The work
of identification of the twenty-one dead
taken from the wreck was completed to
day at noon. All the bodies have been
recovered except that of Passenger En
gineer Davis, of Alexandria, Va.
Mashed to Death in Train Wreck.
Talladega, Ala., July 6—(Special.)—
Hon John B. Graham, solicitor of the
seventh judicial district, and Miss Jen
nette Joiner, both of Talladega, received
injuries from which they both died at
10:30.
Both were standing at the passenger
depot when the southbound accommoda
tion ran Into an open switch, colliding
with freight cars against which they
were leaning while awaiting the arrival
of a train. Both were horribly mashed
about the lower limbs.
Miss Joiner Is the daughter of the rep
resentative of Talladega county and is
well known throughout this section.
Mr. Graham was circuit court solicitor
for Talladega, Calhoun. Cleburne, Clay
and Randolph counties. He was known
through the state ns an orator and able
attorney.
Ho was field agent of the Southern Ed
ucational board and a noted leader in
general educational matters.
Miss Bridges. Graham's stenographer,
who was standing near them, was pulled
a wav just In time to prevent a third
death.
The train crow was arrested.
FOTCTUNES LEFT TO PUBLIC.
Large Bequests in Will of Mrs. Har
riet Lane Johnstone.
Washington, July B.—The will of the
late Mrs. Harriot Lane Johnstone, the
niece of President Buchanan, wns filed
for probate today. The following be
quests are made:
Three hundred thousand dollars to the
corporation of the Protestant Episcopal
cathedral fund of the District of Colum
bia. in memory of the sons of the tes
tatrix, and to be known as the "Lane-
Johnstone fund." It is directed that not
more than $150,000 shall be used for the
erection of a building as a school for
boys, the remainder to go for its main
tenance. The wish is expressed that the
school be conducted for the free main
tenance, education and training of choir
boys. Sixty thousand dollars is left to
Johns Hopkins university for the endow-
HOT WEATHER-NERVOUS WOMEN.
BlancKeGrey.
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that ar« trying fft the nervous system.
Poruna. furnishes the lasting Invigora
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tnuoh noe<L
ment of three scholarships, to be award
ed to poor youths; SIOO,OOO left in trust as
the "James Buchanan monument fund,"
-for the erection of a suitable monument
to the memory of President Buchanan at
his birthplace near Mercersburg, Pa. Sev
eral other bequests are made, including
a large sum for the Harriet Lane home
for Invalid children of Baltimore. The pic
tures and engravings of the deceased are
left to the Corcoran gallery of art in this
city.
CASTOR IA
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THE PEACEMAKER WAS KILLED
Ramage Was Sent for by tne Wife
cf His Slayer.
Columbia. S. C . July 9.—(Special.)—A
homicide was committed near Clinton.
Laurens county, this morning which
startled upper Carolina.
Mattie Simpson is a pretty girl. 15 years
l old. living with her father. Thomas
Simpson. Across the roadway lived
John G. Wham and his wife. Yesterday
a note purporting to be from Miss Cole
man, sister in law of M ham. asking
Miss Simpson to pay her a visit as she
was alone, was handed the girl.
Mrs. Simpson first read the note and
became suspicious. She went with her
daughter to Wham's house and found
tlie man there alone. Wham said he
found the note after his sister left and
sent it over.
The Simpsons were not satisfied and
the girl’s father called at Wham's house,
who admitted the note was designed far
an improper purpose and that Miss
Simpson has voluntarily met him four
times within a year. The girl's father
demanded a fight to the death, but Wham
would not meet him.
Mrs. Wham last night went to see a
friend, L. W. Ramage, to get. him to act
as peacemaker. In the meantime Wham's
bouse was surrounded by men all night,
who would have lynched him if he had
I attempted to leave. This morning at 8
| o'clock Ramage and Reid Blakely, a
friend, drove to Wham’s house. XV ham
greeted them pleasantly.
I "John,” said Ramage, "this is a bad
i affair you are in."
■Yes," replied Wham, "and I am will-
I Ing to make any acknowledgments that
i are proper.”
] Ramage suggested that they all go to
| Simpson’s, but Wham said he must wait
till his preacher came. They started into
| Wham’s house, when Blakely suggested
i that Wham disarm. He ran into his
. house, ordered Blakely out of the yard,
I and while Ramage was talking to Mrs.
■ Wham, shot him dead.
Thon the wtfe did some acting. Stand
i ing on her piazza, she warned all not to
■ approach the house, ns Wham would
i commit more murder. The friends of the
! dead man feared to go near the body for
) nearly three hours. Even after the
! sheriff came Mrs. Wham warned him
■ away. All this time the murderer was
I fleeing to safety, the house being empty
I when searched.
I Wham ran out just after the shooting
, without being observed. Bloodhounds
! were sent from Columbia and put on
I the track, but failed. Armed men from
all over the county are in pursuit.
Wham bought the Simpson homestead
I several years ago. He and the man he
[ killed are well kjiown over that section.
| They have large and influential connec-
I tlons.
GRADY BANNER FOR EDITORS.
Historic Flag Presented to National
Editorial Association.
j Omaha, Nebr.. Jjily B.—President Garry
A. Willard, in his annual address before
i the National Editorial Association today.
| spoke on the ethics of journalism and
I said it was the duty of every live news
j paper man to stamp out "yellow” jour
nalism. He aroused great enthusiasm In
| a denunciation of attempts to throttle the
j press, referring especially to the Penjisyl
i vania libel law. Among other things he
said:
i “The liberty of the press has been
i threatened by the cold blooded murder
I of a fellow journal! t In South Carolina
and we protest with all the earnestness
against the atrocious deed. Public opin
ion cannot too severely criticise this foul
murder and demand that the guilty party
receive the punishment that he deserves.
It was a most dastardly crime, and strikes
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Pe-ru-na Is a Catarrhal Tonic Es
pecially Adapted to the Nervous
Depression Incident to Warm
Weather.
Miss Blanoh® Grey, a prominent young
society woman of Memphis, Tenn., In a
recent letter from .174 Alabama street,
writes:
“To a society woman whose ner
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most from lack of rest and Irregular
meals, I know of nothing which is of
so much benefit as Peruna. I took
it a few months ago when I felt my
strength giving way, and it soon
made tself manifest in giving ma
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A Letter from Julia Marlowe.
In a recent letter to The Ponina Medi
cal Co., Miss Jtilla Marlowe, of New
York City, hna the following to say of
Peruna:
"I am glad to write my endorsement
of the great remedy, Ponina, as a nerve
tonic. 1 do eo most .heartily.'—Julia Mar
lowe.
Nervousness Is very common among
women. This condition la due to anemic
nerve centers. The nerve centers ar- the
reservoirs of nerve vitality. Those
centers become bloodless for want of
proper nutrition. This Is eepeclally true
In the warm season. Every summer a
host of invalids are produced as the di
rect result of weak nerves.
This could be easily obviated try the
use of Peruna. Peruna strikes at the
root of the difficulty by correcting the
digestion Digestion furnishes nutrition
for the nerve centers. Properly digested
food furnishes these reservoirs of life
with vitality, which leads to strong,
steady nerves, and thus nourishes Ufa.
The unsolicited praise that Peruna re
ceives surely proves that Peruna. Is with
out an equal as a nerve tonlo and vital
Jnvlgorator.
Thousands of testimonials from women
in all parts of the United States are be
ing received by Dr. Hartman every year.
Buy a bottle of Peruna. If you. do
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that you expected, write to Dr Hartman,
Columbus. Ohio,
at the freedom of the press in such a
manner as to cause us to wonder where
it will end.”
The historic flag, originally owned by
Henry tv, Grady, of The Atlanta Consti
tution. and presented to the association
by Colonel Ellicot, of Charleston, was un
furled today at headquarters.
«,
WILL DEMORALIZE SYSTEM.
Nearly All Mississippi Rural Routes
Affacted by Recent Order.
Jackson, Miss.. July 9.—(Special.)—Unless
a modification is secured, the recent or
der of Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Bristow regarding rural free delivery
will mean the abandonment of practically
all the routes that have been established
in Mississippi.
The ruling is to the ffect that no route,
shall be continued unless 100 faniili--. are
served and 3.'DO pieces of mail matt' r
handled monthly. It is estimated that S'J
per cent of the routes establis-. d in Mi,
sissippi are unable
quirement| Many of them serve ;:m
--ilies, but do not deliver 3,CD pieces
monthly.
The three routes from Jackson, for In
stance, handled about 1.500 pieces of mail
matter each during the first month o’
their existence. It is probable that sev
eral petitions will be forwarded to Wash
ington asking for a modification of tb.o
order.
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Our Customers Are (Always Pleased.
Mr. C. C. Stanley, of Siloam, Ga.,
writes on May 1:
Editor Constitution: You do not know
how glad I was made when the mail
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which I received with The • ■: stir.nion
It is so much nicer than I was expect
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many large pictures are worth a heap to
a person. I return many thanks, for
this Bible, it is svortl $3 to inybody.
SILENT PRAYER IS ENJOINED.
Methodists Adopt New Ritual at As
bury Park Meeting'
Asbury Park. N. J.. July T’-.e joint
commission of the Methodist Fpis' 'i!
churches, north and south, ha •.om
pieted its ritual revision lab r: <’ ''<n
Grove. The new order of wors! . ■ .t'D; -
ed lays special stress upo , t . nt
worship and provides for kre-ling in
silent prayer on --ring ■'■ c'r. .
There are extensive changes in :;>■•• vite
cbism. In future a primary and a stand
ard catechism, almost new, ■■< .1
in place of the thro.- now in Bisii.ip
S. M. Merrill, of Chicago, is a:, in- - rv ■ w.
said:
“The utmost harmony has prevailed
and the Methodist EpF-opc • i:;ro ■•?),
north and south, are
they have been si:i e tlicy -■ • . .. In
the days of slavery."
The order of worship is pr.r-ji■■ iby the
same as now us
WOMAN FAINTED ON THE STAND
Court Forced to Adjourn tlie Knapp
Murder Trial.
Hamilton. Ohio, July 11.I 1 . The Alf-ed
Knapp murder trial was resume
Judge Beider today. Law - Da ■’ , l av
ing partially rec
the defendant's brother in aw w re
called for cross-examination,
Mrs, Edward King was 'he second ' It
ness, but gave no material te;.im-n..
She fainted on the stand and court
adjourned.
GEN. CLAY DECLARED CRAZY.
Aged Kentuckian Will Ba Sent to an
Asylum.
Lexington, Ky., July 8. General Cas
sius M. Clay was today pro: .■•■.h.. ■•'■l !'■ a
jury at Richmond to be of uns I'ld mind.
He will be sent to an asylum, this acdon
being taSien to protect property mereh
The aged gentleman was not In cou: ‘
Physicians testified to his mental condi
tion.
Highway Fruit Trees.
Farm and Ranch: It will not do In
this country to plant fruit trees along
the public highways, as Is done with
great success in majiy European coun
tries. The great state farm of Hun
gary distributes 15.60 T choice fruit trees
without cost to townships and communi
ties which will plant and care for them
until bearing age. The characteristic
American boy would never permit a fruit
of any sort that can be eaten to rea-h
the age of maturity unless a full grown
bulldog was kept chained to each tree.
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